Where does “tungvekt” come from?
tungvekt (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål vekt, from Danish vægt, from Old Danish wict, from Middle Low German wicht, from Old Saxon wiht, from Proto-West Germanic wihti, from Proto-Germanic wihtiz, from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ- — to bring; to transport.
tungvekt (Norwegian Bokmål): heavyweight
Definitions
- heavyweight
Ancestry of “tungvekt”, step by step
tungvekt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål vekt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | vekt | weight; scales; past participle of vekke |
| 2 | Danish | vægt | weight; scales; Libra |
| 3 | Old Danish | wict | — |
| 4 | Middle Low German | wicht | — |
| 5 | Old Saxon | wiht | creature, person, thing, being |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | wihti | thing, creature; weight |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | wihtiz | essence, being; thing, creature; weight |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | weǵʰ- | to bring; to transport |